Job Cuts Worst Among Mortgage Companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Story date: 2007-10-03 05:01:10
Added on: 2007-10-03 09:00:13

About 37 percent of September job cuts were connected to the housing industry as that sector continues to languish in a deep slump, consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. said Wednesday.


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